Child Custody Agreement - Alaska

CHILD CUSTODY AND PARENTING AGREEMENT

Before you use this: Complete the schedules for each child and check every existing custody, support, and protective order. This signed agreement can record the parents' commitments and proposed order; it cannot override a court order or make a court's best-interests determination.

This Agreement is made on [__/__/____] between [PARENT A FULL NAME], of [ADDRESS] ("Parent A"), and [PARENT B FULL NAME], of [ADDRESS] ("Parent B"). The children covered are listed in Schedule A. The parents ask the Alaska Superior Court in [JUDICIAL DISTRICT], case [NUMBER OR "NOT YET FILED"], to approve the proposed custody terms where a court order is needed.

1. Existing authority and orders

Each parent states the parent's legal relationship to each child in Schedule A. Both disclose in that schedule any existing custody, visitation, child support, domestic violence, child protection, or other order affecting a child, including the court, case number, and date. If an existing order conflicts with this Agreement, the order controls until the court changes it. Neither parent represents that signing this document alone changes legal or physical custody under an existing order.

The parents shall submit this Agreement and required supporting materials for the court's review. Custody terms are proposed in the child's best interests under AS 25.20.060(a) and, in a divorce or other covered action, AS 25.24.150(c); the court decides the order. Where there is no conflicting order, the parents agree to follow the practical care and communication terms below while awaiting review, subject to the child's safety.

2. Legal custody and decisions

The proposed legal-custody arrangement for each child is [JOINT / PARENT A / PARENT B / OTHER SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENT], with each parent's decision authority listed in Schedule B. The parents shall exchange important information about the child's health, education, and welfare. For a decision assigned jointly, they shall confer in good faith by [METHOD] and record the result. If they cannot agree, either may seek court direction; a private deadlock does not give either parent a unilateral power beyond the existing order.

Emergency care may be arranged by the parent with the child when reasonably necessary. That parent shall notify the other as soon as practicable, using the contact details in Schedule A, unless an order restricts contact or disclosure.

3. Physical care and parenting time

The regular overnight and exchange schedule is in Schedule C. Holiday, school-break, birthday, and vacation arrangements are in Schedule D; Schedule D controls a date when it conflicts with the ordinary weekly schedule. Each schedule must specify start and end times, location, transport responsibility, and how a missed exchange is reported.

Each parent shall make the child available for the scheduled time and may communicate with the child during the other parent's time as Schedule C states, subject to safety restrictions in an existing order. A parent who cannot exercise scheduled time shall notify the other at [METHOD] as soon as practicable. Make-up time requires mutual written agreement or court direction; it is not automatic.

4. Travel, residence, safety, and information

Travel notices, itinerary sharing, passports, emergency contacts, and any consent terms are set out in Schedule E. A proposed move that would alter an existing custody or visitation award shall be handled under the order and applicable court process. Under AS 25.20.110(a), a court modifies an award when it finds the required change in circumstances and that modification is in the child's best interests. No mileage or advance-notice period is represented here as a universal Alaska rule; the parents' agreed notice period, if any, is [____], subject to existing orders and safety restrictions.

The parents shall follow the child-specific health, school, medication, supervision, and safety instructions in Schedule E. Disclosures about protective orders or restrictions on contact are in Schedule A. No term here authorizes contact prohibited by an order. Each parent shall tell the other about a significant medical emergency as soon as practicable unless an order bars disclosure.

5. Support and expenses

Existing child support order, court, case number, date, amount, and payor: [____]. This Agreement does not change that order. If support needs to be established or modified, the parents shall use the current Rule 90.3 calculation and court process. Proposed support amount and attached calculation, if submitted with this Agreement: [____]. A proposed deviation is for the court to review under Rule 90.3(c)(1), not an automatic private reduction.

Schedule E states the proposed arrangements for health coverage, child care, and shared expenses, with proof and reimbursement methods. Expense sharing does not offset ordered child support unless the court's order expressly permits it.

6. Changes, disagreements, and performance

The parents may record a temporary schedule adjustment in writing, consistent with existing orders. A lasting change to a custody or visitation award requires the applicable court process; an informal arrangement does not itself amend an order. Each parent may request relief from a court with jurisdiction. This Agreement does not create a mandatory cure period, automatic contempt or fee award, private arbitration, or a limit on the court's authority concerning a child.

Alaska law governs this Agreement. If a term cannot be approved or performed, the parents shall seek court direction about that term; other workable terms remain their commitments to the extent consistent with the order and the child's welfare. This Agreement and its completed schedules record the parents' proposed arrangement and do not erase a prior court order.

7. Signatures

Parent A: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____] Printed name: [____]

Parent B: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____] Printed name: [____]

Schedule A — children, contacts, and existing orders

Parent A phone and approved contact method: [____]. Parent B phone and approved contact method: [____]. Emergency contacts: [____]. Court and case information: [____].

Schedule B — major decisions

Schedule C — ordinary parenting and exchanges

Child communication during the other parent's time: [____]. Missed exchange notice method: [____].

Schedule D — holidays, breaks, and vacation

Schedule E — travel, safety, health, and expenses

Travel notice, itinerary, passport, and consent terms: [____]. Agreed move notice, if any: [____]. Health care, medications, school, and safety instructions: [____]. Health coverage and uncovered expenses: [____]. Child care and other expense shares: [____]. Proof, request, and reimbursement method: [____].